Top Headlines
- US is committed to its military aid to Egypt, Trump tells Sisi
- Egypt is among countries exempted from Trump’s immigration ban
- Germany lifts last restriction on tourism flights to South Sinai
- Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniya praised improving ties with Egypt
- 20 militants, four army personnel were killed in security raids in North Sinai
- Egypt beats Morocco for the first time in 30 years, to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final.
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egypt’s State TV airs ‘exclusive’ video of Italian student Regeni’s conversation with a vendor
- Ethics committee proposes suspension of an Egyptian MP for over allegedly “sending sex videos of another MP on Whatsapp
- Egyptian military to enter pharmaceutical industry
- Five army personnel were killed late Sunday in a terrorist attack in Sinai
- Prosecution renews detention of finance ministry’s advisor
Tuesday
- US is committed to its military aid to Egypt, Trump tells Sisi
- Germany lifts last restriction on tourism flights to South Sinai
- Egypt extends state of emergency in North Sinai
- Hamas leaders on a first official visit in Cairo since 2013
- Egypt expects to issue $4 billion in euroband sale
- Flights between Russia and Egypt may resume before March: TASS
- Egypt to increase gas production up to 50 percent by mid-2018
Wednesday
- Sisi: Egypt’s January 25 Revolution will remain a turning point in history
- ECESR publishes book documenting Tiran and Sanafir islands dispute case
- Hamas leader says relations with Cairo have improved
- Egypt’s Dostour Party elects Khaled Dawood as its new president
- HRW criticizes placement of over 1,500 people in Egypt on terrorists list
- Egyptian FM to head for AU General Assembly in Ethiopia ahead of Sisi’s visit
- Egypt condemns Israel’s approval for new settlements in occupied Jerusalem
Thursday
- 17 people have been arrested on sixth anniversary of January 25 revolution
- Egypt to open Rafah crossing for four days for humanitarian aid
- Egyptian rights lawyer Naged El-Borai was barred from travel at Cairo airport
- Egypt’s defense minister discusses regional developments with French chief of the defense staff
- Sisi approved a Memorandum of Understanding between Egypt and Saudi Arabia for the development of Sinai
Friday
- Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniya praised improving ties with Egypt
- National Youth Conference starts on Friday in Aswan
- Egypt and Ethiopia FMs discuss dam, bilateral relations at AU General Assembly
Saturday
- Egypt and Russia to sign agreement on airport security: Russian transport minister
- Egypt is among countries exempted from Trump’s immigration ban
- Netanyahu backs Trump’s Mexico wall, touts similar one on the Egyptian border as a “great idea”
- 20 militants, four army personnel were killed in security raids in North Sinai
- Egypt’s Sisi announces new authority to develop to develop Upper Egypt
- First phase of Siemens power plant project in Egypt to be inaugurated in February
- Egypt’s progress to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals shows football in the country is emerging from a dark period
Sunday
- Egypt Air official: Airlines in Cairo asked to implement Trump travel ban
- Egypt says considers Yen, Yuan bond issuance
- Egyptian prosecution orders detention of nine for protesting on the sixth anniversary of January 25 Uprising
- Turkish business delegation visits Egypt for the first time in three years
- Egyptian court sentences Salafist figure Hazem Salah Abu Ismail to 5 years in prison
- MP Khaled Youssef is released after being stopped for having pills without prescription
Good Reports
- One year on from the last station: A timeline of the Giulio Regeni case. Mada Masr
- The politics of the personal: January 25 through the lens of depression. Naira Antoun
- Egypt’s thawing relations with the Nile Basin Initiative: What you need to know. Bassem Abo Alabass
- Egyptian women with HIV hide from social stigma in silence. Menna Zaki
- Activists call Sisi’s announcements on Nubia are insufficient. Mai Shams EL-Din
Good Read
- Stuck with Sisi. Eric Trager
- Between the 25Th and the 28th. Bassem AlSamragy
From Twitter
Interview
- The call of January 1977 still echoed in January 2011, says political activist Said Abu Taleb
Video
- Egypt’s Sisi rides on horse carriage with wife around Aswan
Plus
- Lamps stolen from Cairo’s El-Refai Mosque are recovered.
- The ‘Cairo Fire’ is revisited 65 years late
- Former Morocco’s defender asks teammates to give Egypt’s ElHadary guard of honor
Finally, here are Jason Casper’s prayers for Egypt
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